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razor
[rey-zer]
noun
a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose.
verb (used with object)
to shave, cut, or remove with or as if with a razor.
razor
/ ˈɪə /
noun
a sharp implement used esp by men for shaving the face
in an acute dilemma
verb
(tr) to cut or shave with a razor
Other 51Թ Forms
- razorless adjective
- unrazored adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of razor1
Idioms and Phrases
on the razor's edge, in a difficult or precarious position.
Example Sentences
It was a surreal scene, masked federal agents huddled on the defense behind the chain link fence topped with razor wire while the crowd outside the perimeter demanding the Mayor's release grew exponentially.
In her show, the slave slate known as Gilead is a veneer of perfection that’s fooling no one, “like a cake with a razor blade in it,” she says.
"We won, although the phrase 'razor's edge' will forever enter the Polish language and politics," he added.
She said that prompted her to install the iron fence with razor wire but that it was eventually damaged by the trespassers.
On this spring night in 2025, the Newark Police and a large crowd of protesters were on the same side of history — and the same side of a chain-link fence topped with barbed razor wire.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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